Treadmills suck, and so do the Angels

[dr4b]

I would have gotten up and gone running around the lake again today, except that when I left my place, it was raining, so instead I went to the gym and ran/walked on the treadmills there for a while. I figured out something fundamental, though:

Treadmills suck because you can pretty much get off the treadmill at any point and be right where you started, so there's nothing really compelling you to keep going other then augmenting the numbers.

Seriously -- if I start walking/jogging around the lake, I'm pretty much going 3 miles. That's all there is to it. But if I get on the treadmill I can just decide at any moment, "Eh, this sucks, I'm bored, I think I'll leave" and do so.

I spent the afternoon shopping with Megan and Heidi. Megan and I walked to a place near the lake called Title 9, which specializes in women's sportswear... which is all too expensive and too small for me. We had better luck at the mall with Heidi -- first I checked out some Eccos and other sandals at The Walking Company, and then we went around various other shops. In a moment of pique I bought a double-tank-top at Macy's (which I am assured looks cute on me, but which I have my doubts about), and then we ended up going down to REI, where we found a fitting room that all three of us could lounge around in and try stuff on, and I think I tried on like ninety pairs of pants. I found one pair I really liked, which has more pockets than I've ever seen in one pair of pants, and inadvertantly found a shirt, too, which I had just grabbed to try on with stuff, but which Megan said "That shirt! It's awesome! Buy it! Buy it NOW!"

Oh, I also found a stuffed animal, a duckling. I couldn't resist. You know how it is with me and ducks. The guy at the register quacked at me when ringing up the stuff I bought. He also helped me figure out that I'm apparently still in REI's member database, even though I hadn't been there in a really long time, so cool.

Came home. Went to Safeway. Got tortellini. Cooked tortellini. Called Nick. Goofed off on PP. I guess it's been a decent, semi-productive weekend.

Still not king.

Comments

treadmills

[hare1.livejournal.com]

I disagree with you. I am using this very expensive treadmill at my apt. complex. You can set up the program, the amount of time you want to walk/run, your weight, your age, % incline, etc. I set mine to walk an hour. This forces me to stay on no matter what at the same speed. When I walk around the area here I know I do not walk the same speed because I get tired, I get hot and go slower. I can't do that on the treadmill. I force myself to keep up with the speed.

Re: treadmills

[mh75.livejournal.com]

see, i like that too, but, you could, actually, get off before your hour, which is what bugs Dee. I don't know how to fix that.

Re: treadmills

[hare1.livejournal.com]

I listen to my portable CD player when I am on the treadmill.
I get a stiff neck trying to look at the TV in the fitness center at my apt. If you like to walk in temperatures above 90 degrees in Richmond or Glen Allen, VA fine. I like walking in an air-conditioned room. The weather in Seattle is probably better for walking outside than it is here in VA.

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[chamois.livejournal.com]

If you want to walk outdoors in VA summers, the best time is early in the morning, second best is right around dusk.

Re: treadmills

[dr4b]

Mom, the problem is that if I'm on the treadmill there isn't anything forcing me to keep going. It doesn't matter to me whether I speed up or slow down as long as I walk the full distance or the full time I intended. I agree that it's great that you can set speeds and time and calories on the treadmill.. but unless there's a baseball game on TV at the gym, I just get *bored* on the treadmill and find myself wanting to stop a lot sooner than if I walk around the lake or elsewhere in town.